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... character of a critical journal . In 1820 , it passed into the hands of Mr. Edward Everett , and in 1825 into those of Mr. Jared Sparks , from whom it was transferred , in 1830 , to the present edi- tor , Mr. Alexander H. Everett . A ...
... character of a critical journal . In 1820 , it passed into the hands of Mr. Edward Everett , and in 1825 into those of Mr. Jared Sparks , from whom it was transferred , in 1830 , to the present edi- tor , Mr. Alexander H. Everett . A ...
Strana 7
... characters , and thereby displayed some- thing of the dignity and invention of his- tory . Although he never attained to ... character in Goldsmith's poem of Retaliation ; and Johnson characterized him as one whom he should find the most ...
... characters , and thereby displayed some- thing of the dignity and invention of his- tory . Although he never attained to ... character in Goldsmith's poem of Retaliation ; and Johnson characterized him as one whom he should find the most ...
Strana 11
... character so far prevails as to give a predominant temper to the whole . In a narrower sense , rhet- oric is the art of persuasive speaking , or the art of the orator , which teaches the composition and delivery of discourses . intended ...
... character so far prevails as to give a predominant temper to the whole . In a narrower sense , rhet- oric is the art of persuasive speaking , or the art of the orator , which teaches the composition and delivery of discourses . intended ...
Strana 22
... character . Rhymes which extend to more than three syllables are almost con- fined to the Arabians and Persians , in their short odes ( gazelles ) , in which the same rhyme , carried through the whole poem , extends sometimes to four ...
... character . Rhymes which extend to more than three syllables are almost con- fined to the Arabians and Persians , in their short odes ( gazelles ) , in which the same rhyme , carried through the whole poem , extends sometimes to four ...
Strana 27
... character of this king was strongly marked . He was the bravest among the brave , often frank and liberal , and not devoid of generosity . At the same time , he was haughty , violent , unjust , rapacious , and sanguinary ; and , to use ...
... character of this king was strongly marked . He was the bravest among the brave , often frank and liberal , and not devoid of generosity . At the same time , he was haughty , violent , unjust , rapacious , and sanguinary ; and , to use ...
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Strana 433 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Strana 189 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Strana 40 - ... a tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three persons or more assembling together of their own authority, with an intent mutually to assist one another against any who shall oppose them in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful.
Strana 48 - THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA ; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.
Strana 457 - Socage, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service. And in this sense it is by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service, where the render was precarious and uncertain. Thus Bracton (a) ; if a man holds by rent in money, without any escuage or serjeanty, " id tenementum did potest socagium...
Strana 416 - Simony is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus, though the purchasing of holy orders seems to approach nearer to his offence.
Strana 350 - We do also resolve to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as it is settled by law...
Strana 433 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Strana 391 - Blunt — Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily...
Strana 435 - On looking into the places where they had been crammed, there were found some children next the sides of the ship, in the places...